Oscar Suursaar to be sentenced next week for MDMA trafficking at Cherry Gardens

A young drug dealer left an obvious trail for police to follow and ran his MDMA operation from his bedroom – while his parents were none the wiser, a court heard.

Oscar Suursaar pleaded guilty to drug trafficking. Picture: Facebook

A young drug dealer was running a MDMA enterprise for months from his bedroom while his parents were none the wiser, a court heard.

Oscar Jack Suursaar’s “immature and amateurish” operation came undone after imported pill presses from overseas left an obvious trail for police to follow.

Detectives from the Serious & Organised Crime branch went to an address in Cherry Gardens on September 5, last year following an investigation into MDMA, also known as ecstasy.

Oscaar Suursaar pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.

During sentencing submissions, the District Court heard Suursaar, 23, was found in possession of 355g of mixed MDMA, including six packets of 50 pills.

Natasha Slater, for the prosecution, said immediate jail was warranted for Suursaar as he was importing pill presses and print dyes from China.

“There is also police intelligence as to the defendant receiving kilo bags of firmapress (a bonding agent) prior to the time,” Ms Slater said.

The court heard the packets of pills were valued at approximately $6000, with the balance worth between $51,000 to $72,000 if sold by the gram or $29,000 if sold by the ounce.

Suursaar, of Cherry Gardens, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.

Andrew Graham, for Suursaar, told the court there hadn’t been any sales at the time of his client’s arrest.

Mr Graham admitted Suursaar expected to make some profit from the drugs but it was an “immature and amateurish” enterprise as he purchased the items in his own name.

“The reason Mr Suursaar came to police attention is he left a fairly obvious trail when he purchased items from China,” he said.

Suursaar was arrested after a drug raid in Cherry Gardens. Picture: SAPOL

“The attempts to avoid detection were really more attempts to avoid his parents detecting it by putting it in a wardrobe.

“He’s doing it behind his parents’ back in his bedroom where he’s living with them.”

Mr Graham said Suursaar normalised drug taking behaviour after working FIFO and developing a party-type lifestyle on his weeks off.

“There was drug use between his peers, there were discussions about how easy it was to obtain larger quantities of drugs and it was fairly easy to find the equipment and the binding agents that he did on the internet,” he said.

Mr Graham said Suursaar having to front up to his parents and admitting his drug use to them was deeply distressing.

The court heard Suursaar’s arrest had scared him completely off drugs and he hadn’t used them since.

Mr Graham asked the court to suspend Suursaar’s jail term, due to his young age, family support and commitment to rehabilitation.

Suursaar will be sentenced next week.